... National Beer Can Appreciation Day .... Jan. 23rd. https://nationaltoday.com/national-beer-can-appreciation-day/
However this popped up on my Facebook feed today ostensibly from the U.S. Naval Institute:
Today is Beer Can Day! During WWII, the Navy tried to have enough beer at all installations to give each sailor two cans a day. With rapid demobilization following V-J Day, the beer supply piled up to the point that there was enough to give each sailor 92 cans a day. The Navy instead sold the surplus to retailers for $1.80 a case. 20,000 cases of unsold beer from Bayonne, New Jersey were sent to Tennessee and buried in Oak Ridge.
#beercanday #beercanappreciationday
.... 92 cans per day??? ..."buried" in Oak Ridge?? What the?!?!!?
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Originally posted by Owen.... 92 cans per day??? ..."buried" in Oak Ridge?? What the?!?!!?
Take one down and bury it down, 91 cans of beer per day.
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